NAU Faculty Senate
Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 3, 2004
Opening:
Senate President Charles Connell called the meeting of the NAU Faculty Senate, 20032004, to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Kaibab Room.
Members Present: Roger Bacon, Virginia Blankenship, Joseph Boles, David Camacho, Jeff Carrico,
Marge Conger, Charles Connell, Bill Culbertson, Susan Deeds, Jack Dustman, Pauline Entin, Marcus
Ford, William Gibson, Liz Grobsmith, John Haeger, Gloria Horning, Richard Howey, Gae Johnson, Astrid
Kloche, Volker Krause, Chunhye Kim Lee, John Leung, Barry Lutz, Melissa Marcus, David McKell, Janet
McShane, Eric Meeks, Larry Mohrweis, John Neuberger, Michael Ort, Lon Owen, Nita Paden, Nancy
Paxton, Mary Reid, Reed Riner, Nando Schellen, Karen Sealander, David Sherry, Martin Sommerness,
Sandra Stone, Laura Umphrey, Tom Waters, Bob Yowell, Marsha Yowell. and ex-officio members NAU
President John Haeger and Provost Liz Grobsmith.
Members Absent: Tom Brunell, Jose Colchado, , Kitty Gehring, Denise Helm, Ray Michalowski, Willie
Odem, Brian Painter, Jon Reyhner, Guy Senese, Peter Vadasz.
Members Excused: Bill Stone for Mary Dereshiwsky, Denver Hospodarsky for Marty Lee, Joel DiBartolo.
Others Present: Patty Moore, Wendy Campione, Richard McNeill.
Approval of Minutes and Agenda: Senate President Charles Connell asked for
approval of the minutes from the previous meeting with corrections as recommended by
Nando Schellen. Motion was made and seconded to approve corrected minutes.
Motion Passed. Motion made and seconded to approve agenda. Motion Passed.
Opening President/Vice President Comments: Vice President Larry Mohrweis asked
for participation in the summer Senate and passed a signup sheet around. First
summer Senate meeting will be held on Monday, June 14.
Scholarship Announcement: President Connell announced the two recipients of the
Faculty Senate Scholarship. Elaine Brown and Jennifer Zimmerman were both
awarded $500.
By-Laws: Roger Bacon proposed an amendment to the current By-Laws:
Present:
1.3.4.3 Secretary. The Secretary of the Senate is responsible for recording, producing and
distributing by appropriate means, minutes of all Senate and Executive Committee meetings;
monitoring Senate attendance (see sections 1.2.5 & 4.1.3); and fulfilling other responsibilities
as directed by the Senate Chair.
Proposed:
1.3.4.3 Secretary. The Secretary of the Senate with Senate Office assistance, is responsible
the minutes and their distribution, reporting all Senate and Executive Committee meetings;
monitoring Senate attendance (see sections 1.2.5 & 4.1.3); and fulfilling other responsibilities
as directed by the Senate Chair. A motion was made to accept the amendment and
seconded. Motion Passed.
UPRC Discussion: Lynn Montgomery of the committee has requested that the Senate
take in all considerations before decided to discontinue the committee. Roger Bacon
said there are two options, 1) Recommendation to disband 2) Postpone any decisions
until the fall. Provost Grobsmith commented that she would like to see work done to
strengthen and condense this program so that reviews could be done in a timely
fashion. She would also like to see it develop into a meaningful process with faculty
participation. A motion was made and seconded to suspend action until October.
Motion Passed.
Restructuring Discussion: Provost Grobsmith commented on the Committee on
Implementation and described it as a broad committee that will assist in overseeing the
restructuring process. Vice President Mohrweis nominated Senate Treasurer Barry
Lutz and Senate Past President David Camacho to sit on the Committee of
Implementation and both accepted. President Haeger said he gave a brief presentation
at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting Thursday and their reaction seemed
favorable. The restructure will be on the agenda for the board meeting in June.
President Haeger said he planned to make an announcement about the restructure on
Wednesday morning.
Parking Fees: In response to the NAU parking fees increasing, President Haeger
explained that parking fees pay for maintenance on sidewalks and internal roads. He
said that parking towers are being considered and is a reasonable way to save space
on campus. The alternatives that were considered were having an outside vendor
monitor campus parking but he is resistant to that idea. Graduated parking fee by
income was brought up but President Haeger mentioned there were a lot of legal issues
that could surface as a result of implementation. Possibly graduated fees by amount of
use will be considered.
COFS Rewrite Follow-up: No reports at this time.
forwarded to Senate representatives.
Any comments should be
Committee/Council Reports: Past President David Camacho said that very few
reports have been submitted and asked that chairs please submit reports so that the
Senate can receive feedback.
Award Recognition: President Connell recognized senators and senate staff for their
years of service to the Senate and welcomed in new senators.
Accountability: President Connell pointed out the Senate End of Year Summary
handout and discussed the direction of the future of the Senate. Examples of issues
that need be focused on include restructuring, the budget and developing a multi-year
plan. He asked that the Senate get together a ‘to do” list and passed around a
suggestion sheet. President Connell stepped down as the Senate President and turned
the meeting over to the new Senate President for 2004-2005, Larry Mohrweis.
Elections: President Larry Mohrweis handed out ballots and called for additional
nominations. A motion was made and seconded to close nominations. Motion
Passed. A motion was also made and seconded to vote by acclamation. Motion
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Passed. A motion was made and seconded to vote in all nominees by
acclamation. Motion passed.
The results of the vote are:
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Vice President: Marcus Ford
Secretary: Martin Sommerness
Treasurer: Barry Lutz
Parliamentarian: Roger Bacon
At-Large Executive Members: Karen Sealander, Marsha Yowell
Faculty Council on Academic Standards, Curricula and Student Life:
Chris Lee
Faculty Council on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities: Marge Conger,
Karen Sealander, and Mary Reid
Faculty Council on Planning and Budget: Rich Lei, Jeff Carrico
Nominations and Elections Committee: Mary Dereshiwsky, Rich McNeil,
Gae Johnson
Comments from the President: President Haeger encouraged Senators to attend the
Arizona Board of Regents meeting in June and August retreat. He stated summer is
when the Board is most active. He announced the new Arizona Board of Regents
President is Gary Stewart. He also announced plans to break ground soon for the new
College of Business and Applied Research buildings. Renovations are starting on the
College of Engineering and the new Communications building should be completed by
August. Commencement is this coming weekend and there will be three separate
ceremonies held.
Senator McCain is the guest speaker at the Saturday
commencement and other speakers include the Teacher of the Year and Don Murray
from the NAU Foundations Board. He thanked the Senate for an interesting year.
Comments from the Provost: Provost Grobsmith announced three new programs that
were approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. The new programs are: MA in
Forestry, a Masters of Applied Science in GIS that will replace the current certificate and
the MA in Administration. An exception to tuition fees were approved by the Board to
students within a 75 mile radius of the Yuma campus. These students will be charged
resident tuition. She reminded the Senate that the restructuring announcement should
be released Wednesday morning. She also asked for input on the candidates for the
Vice President of Undergraduate Studies.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m. The next meeting (summer
senate) will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 14th in the Pattea Room (Blome
Building).
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